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Treasure Review: Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham Work Out Familial Differences Against the Backdrop of Auschwitz

An ambling father-daughter road trip through ‘90s Poland, Julia von Heinz’s Treasure is an odd hybrid. On one side it’s a meandering portrait of a father (Step...

The B-Side – Bruce Willis (with Jen Johans)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they ma...

Benicio del Toro Reteams with Paul Thomas Anderson For Next Feature

After a relatively public first wave of production for Paul Thomas Anderson's next feature across California, things have recently been kicking back up after a...

Kneecap Trailer: Real-Life Hip-Hop Trio Fights For their Native Irish Language

Three Northern Irish rappers are portraying themselves in the new musical drama Kneecap, which screened at Sundance, SXSW, and Tribeca film festivals. The film...

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry on Treasure, a Producer’s Dream, and Capturing Poland

Ten minutes speaking to two subjects with whom you could easily spend an hour each is somewhat like fighting with one arm behind your back. But having intervie...

Inside Out 2 Review: Pixar’s Lightly Entertaining Sequel Gets More Emotional

It’s been a difficult stretch for Pixar. In the near-decade since Inside Out became a creative and commercial hit, the animation powerhouse doubled down on a v...

Summer Solstice Director Noah Schamus on Inviting Audiences to Reconsider Transness on Screen

Summer Solstice took me by surprise when I first saw it at BFI Flare LGBTIQ+ Film Festival back in March. Fresh and funny, simple, but never slight, this medit...

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck Return to the Heist in First Trailer for Doug Liman’s The Instigators

It's quite the year for Ocean's reunions. Following the trailer for Wolfs, with George Clooney and Brad Pitt, now Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are back togethe...

Daredevil Couple’s Romance is Tested in First Trailer for Skywalkers: A Love Story

"There is a danger to romance," says Jeff Zimbalist, co-director of the new documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story, which follows the love story of two Russian d...

Zia Anger Makes Her Case In Teaser for My First Film

Nestled in our list of most-anticipated 2024 premieres was Zia Anger's My First Film, a spin on / expansion of / who-can-say from her much-lauded shorts My Fir...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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